ἀπόσηψις
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A rotting away, Plu.9.1087e (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 324] ἡ, das Abfaulen, Plut. non posse 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόσηψις: -εως, ἡ σῆψις, Πλούτ. 9. 1087Ε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
putréfaction.
Étymologie: ἀποσήπω.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
gangrena ποδαγρικὰ καὶ ῥευματικὰ καὶ ... ἀποσήψεις Plu.2.1087e.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀπόσηψις: εως ἡ отгнивание, гниение Plut.